Difference between pages "Your first steps on Linux" and "HP OfficeJet 6700"

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Ok, so you have managed to install Linux on your computer. You have started it and logged in. You now wonder what comes next.  
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I installed the HP OfficeJet 6700 by switching it on an following the instructions on the printer's display. That's also how I connected it to WLAN. Then, on my computer I made sure cups is running and surfed to http://localhost:631. When I clicked on Printer -> Add Printer it appeared automatically as "Network Printer". I selected DIN A4 as paper size and double-sided printing Long-Edge (Standard). This means that you will be able to bind your papers on the long edge. As driver I chose hpcups. As paper format I chose "A4 210x297mm".
  
= Open a console =
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Printing the test page with duplex print, this works bad. The printer cannot print onto the full length of first side because it has to keep the paper partially in in order to be ready to draw back and turn around the paper. The printer test page will be cut off at about 1.5cm above the lower end of the paper:
A console is text-based window where you can enter commands for your Linux. To start a console, type ALT_F2 and enter '''konsole'''. You should see a screen like this:
 
  
[[Image:Konsole.png]]
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<pic src="http://www.linuxintro.org/images/Scan-printer-test-page-duplex-hpcups.png" width=20% align=auto />
  
The background can be black, white, green, any color. So can be the font. "tweedleburg" is my hostname, it can be different for you. Anyway, most important is you can write into it. What you write are commands to be executed. For example the command '''firefox''' will start the firefox browser:
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If you turn off duplex print this problem exists no longer:
  
[[Image:Konsole-firefox-command.png]]
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<pic src="http://www.linuxintro.org/images/Scan-printer-test-page-nonduplex-hpcups.png" width=20% caption="The hpcups driver needs 3x3 millimeters of margin" />
 
 
From now on, we will no longer use graphical files to show you what to do, but a box like the following:
 
tweedleburg:~ # firefox
 
ok? Super, let's go on. You can also auto-complete your command. Type
 
firef
 
and then the tabulator key once or twice. The system will show you all available commands starting with firef or complete your command automatically.
 
 
 
= Get help =
 
To get help you can chat with other Linux users about problems. Everyone who asks questions can at the same time answer. Go to http://webchat.freenode.net/ and join channel #suse for SUSE Linux questions.
 
 
 
= File commands =
 
You can list the files in your directory using the command '''ls''', for example:
 
tweedleburg:/etc/apache2 # ls
 
charset.conv        httpd.conf  mod_autoindex-defaults.conf  mod_status.conf    ssl-global.conf  ssl.key      vhosts.d
 
conf.d              listen.conf  mod_info.conf                mod_userdir.conf    ssl.crl          ssl.prm
 
default-server.conf  magic        mod_log_config.conf          mod_usertrack.conf  ssl.crt          sysconfig.d
 
errors.conf          mime.types  mod_mime-defaults.conf      server-tuning.conf  ssl.csr          uid.conf
 
[[ls|learn more about ls]]
 
 
 
You can find out how much space is available on your disk by typing df -h (disk free, human readable):
 
tweedleburg:~ # df -h
 
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 
/dev/sda1            917G  205G  667G  24% /
 
udev                  2.0G  164K  2.0G  1% /dev
 
/dev/sdb2            294G  274G  5.4G  99% /mnt/sdb2
 
On the directories beneath the root ("/"), there are 667 GB free. But under /mnt/sdb2, there are only 5.4 GB available.
 
 
 
= install software =
 
You will normally download software in the form of tarballs. Tarballs are files typically ending in .tar.gz or .tar. You must [[unpack]] them to use them. More info:
 
* [[unpack]]
 
* [[install]]
 
 
 
= Set up a printer =
 
Setting up a printer does not work inside a virtual machine (that is, it does not work without tricks). Anyway, if your Linux is running on real hardware, set up your printer using
 
yast2 printer
 
 
 
= Create an "ll" alias =
 
Often-used console [[commands]] can be made easier by setting sensible alias-names for them. This is a matter of taste and heavily depends on what commands you use and what aliases you are used to. For example I am used to typing ll and getting the output of ls -ltr, the long file list in the directory.
 
To do this, enter in your console:
 
alias ll="ls -ltr"
 
* To have this in future [[logIn shells]], create a file /etc/profile.d/ll.sh containing this line.
 
* To have this in future non-login-shells, add the command to /etc/bash.bashrc
 
 
 
= Turn off system beep =
 
In an office you will not want your computer to beep every now and then, so [[turn off system beep]].
 
 
 
= Lock screen on PAUSE key =
 
When you take a break at work you will want to lock your screen. I set my PAUSE key to lock the screen. [[set your PAUSE key to lock the screen|Here is how]].
 
 
 
= See also =
 
* [http://librenix.com/?inode=4052 an introduction to Linux in 10 commands]
 

Revision as of 06:19, 10 March 2015

I installed the HP OfficeJet 6700 by switching it on an following the instructions on the printer's display. That's also how I connected it to WLAN. Then, on my computer I made sure cups is running and surfed to http://localhost:631. When I clicked on Printer -> Add Printer it appeared automatically as "Network Printer". I selected DIN A4 as paper size and double-sided printing Long-Edge (Standard). This means that you will be able to bind your papers on the long edge. As driver I chose hpcups. As paper format I chose "A4 210x297mm".

Printing the test page with duplex print, this works bad. The printer cannot print onto the full length of first side because it has to keep the paper partially in in order to be ready to draw back and turn around the paper. The printer test page will be cut off at about 1.5cm above the lower end of the paper:

If you turn off duplex print this problem exists no longer:

The hpcups driver needs 3x3 millimeters of margin